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<h1>IUPAC name</h1>
<p>
Codename: <strong>name</strong>
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  <h2><a class="anchor" name="iupac">IUPAC name format</a></h2>
  
  The IUPAC names are saved in a text file following this rules:
  <ul><li>one name per line</li>
  <li>additional fields can be added, separated by tabs</li>
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  <h2><a class="anchor" name="import">Import</a></h2>

  <p>Importing IUPAC names is available from Marvin version 5.1. 
 
 <h3>Marvin applications</h3>
  You can import IUPAC names to Marvin applications in various ways:
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    <li>Select the name in the text of any page and drag&drop or copy&amp;paste it to MarvinSketch.</li>
    <li>Select the Enter IUPAC name from the Edit menu, and paste the name into the text field.</li>
    <li>Open a text file (.name) containing IUPAC names (one per row). MarvinView will open 
    all structures, MarvinSketch will ask you to select one structure (by its index number).</li>
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  <h3>Command line</h3>
  <p>You can use IUPAC name import through <a href="../applications/molconvert.html">MolConverter</a>.
  
  <h2><a class="anchor" name="export">Export</a></h2>
  <h3>Marvin applications</h3>
  <p>The names can be exported in MarvinSketch and MarvinView by saving the file 
  in the .name format.
  
  <h3>Command line</h3>
  <p>You can use IUPAC name export through MolConverter.
  
  <h2>Current limitations</h2>

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<li>Molecules containing multiple radicals (e.g. <code>ethane-1,2-diyl</code>) are not supported yet.
<li>Stereo descriptors (r) and (s) are not supported (as in the whole of marvin).
<li>Amino-acids and peptides are supported only when the amino-acids are represented as groups.
<li>Isotopes are not supported</li>
<li>Some aspects of nomenclature are only partially implemented, in particular complex cases of fused
systems and multiplicative nomenclature. In those cases, a less straightforward but chemically correct
name will be generated.
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